ChrisC Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I do sometimes have a wheezy cough myself but when Mama Mia coughs I wonder whether she is just mimicking me or can a Grey really cough ? @+ Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muse Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I had that problem when I had pneumonia and coughed constantly. Both Greys suddenly developed a barking cough. Our avian vet said birds do not cough like humans do and not to worry about it. Neither showed any signs of sickness except for the coughing sound, so I think she was right. It was pretty convincing at the time, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 We had a friend who was a heave smoker and had the cough to go with it. Corky picked up on it and it sounded like she was going to die and at the end she would clear her throat like a sailor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murfchck Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 2 of ours cough. First me, then Bongo then Cotay. We sound like a sick ward when we get going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Sophie coughed within 24 hours of us joining our family. I freaked... rushed to the vet ( an avian expert), who just laughed at me! Asked if anyone was sick. Why yes... my son has a cold as well as has asthma! Sophie was already imitating him. Eventually, Sophie got soooo good with a cough, she could hear a wheeze that I didn't hear. Quite amazing without a stethoscope. If she imitated wheezing, I knew someone was sick and starting to wheeze and didn't want me to know. She could hear wheezes way before me. Sophie became an " asthma radar"... if she was imitating wheezing.... someone was sick and didn't want to let me know! Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 Thank you all for assuring me that Mama Mia is not about to keel over and die on me ! @+ Chris :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I noticed a coworker was coughing like Sophie two weeks ago. It was a " familiar cough to me"... Sophie's.When they truly became sick with a cold, I asked this person if they had asthma, and they said yes! I didn't know how to tell them that they were in " asthma staticus", which Sophie tells me all the time her diagnosis, and is correct. I just suggested they go see their MD and didn't want to say anything about Sophie. Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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